Can I get a paper application form? If you don’t have access to the internet you can get a paper form from the Admissions Team

How many schools can I apply for? You can apply for up to six schools which you rank in your order of preference

Can I apply to schools outside Barnet?Yes, you must include all your chosen schools, whether inside or outside the borough where you live.

Do I need to fill in any other forms? All voluntary aided schools and some foundation schools, free schools & academies will ask you to complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF). The SIF will ask for additional information, for example faith schools will ask about church attendance and require a priest’s reference, selective schools will ask about any medical condition that needs to be taken into account at the test and they may also require a photograph, Jewish schools will also ask you to complete a a Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP), which must be signed by a Rabbi. SIFs and CRPs must be returned to the individual schools

What else do I need to provide? Proof of address – your permanent address must be used on the application form.

Schools must give parents the test results before they apply for a school place – applications to sit the tests should be made directly to the individual school.

When will the tests be held? Most schools will hold tests early in the autumn term some schools will hold the tests in the summer term while your child is still in Year 5.

When is the closing date? At the end of October. The online system will close at 12 midnight on 31 October. Paper forms should be returned to the Admissions Team by Friday 25 October

Parents of children awaiting results of selection tests can return paper forms to the local authority by 31 October if unable to meet other deadlines

Co-ordinated admissions

The transfer process is co-ordinated by all 33 London boroughs.

How will places be allocated? If the school is over-subscribed, the admissions criteria will be applied to decide who can be offered a place – each application is considered as if it is equally preferred – your ranking order is not passed to the individual schools

Will I be offered more than one school place? If your child can be offered more than one school, you will be offered the highest rank possible, the lower preferences will be withdrawn and offered to other children. No child will be offered more than one school

When will I hear?

National Offer Day is in early March

Online applicants can log in and see the result in the evening

Letters will be posted to all applicants by first class post

Accepting offers:

Places to be accepted by 17 March

Online applicants can accept or reject their offer online

Other applicants need to return the reply slip

What happens if I don’t get any of my preference schools?

Your child will be allocated a place at the nearest school with a vacancy. You will remain on the waiting lists

You can appeal for a place – every parent has the right of appeal which are heard by an independent panel.

You will need to convince the panel that your child’s needs are more important than the school’s need to limit the admission number

Appeals are not usually successful unless there are exceptional grounds

A list of where our current Year 6 are moving on to in September 2017: (this is as it stands at the moment)